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Psalm 74:18-20
New English Translation
Psalm 74:18-20
New English Translation
18 Remember how[a] the enemy hurls insults, O Lord,[b]
and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name.
19 Do not hand the life of your dove[c] over to a wild animal.
Do not continue to disregard[d] the lives of your oppressed people.
20 Remember your covenant promises,[e]
for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:18 tn Heb “remember this.”
- Psalm 74:18 tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the Lord.”
- Psalm 74:19 sn Your dove. The psalmist compares weak and vulnerable Israel to a helpless dove.
- Psalm 74:19 tn Heb “do not forget forever.”
- Psalm 74:20 tc Heb “look at the covenant.” The LXX reads “your covenant,” which seems to assume a second person pronominal suffix, which would be written with ך (kaf). The suffix may have been accidentally omitted by haplography. Note that the following word, כִּי (ki), begins with כ (kaf) .
- Psalm 74:20 tn Heb “for the dark places of the earth are full of dwelling places of violence.” The “dark regions” are probably the lands where the people have been exiled (see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms [ICC], 2:157). In some contexts “dark regions” refers to Sheol (Ps 88:6) or to hiding places likened to Sheol (Ps 143:3; Lam 3:6).
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